Dry Eye

Improving your Quality of LIFE by improving your Quality of VISION

Dry Eye Summary

Dry Eye is common. Working for long hours on computers, the wearing of contact lenses, side-effects of some common medications, getting older and simply being female - all of these factors and more contribute to this sometimes very annoying condition.

Dry Eye

Fortunately both our diagnostic abilities and therapies for Dry Eyes have improved significantly. Today we can be more certain of the cause and then provide a more targeted therapy.

Dry Eye

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Overview

Dry eyes impact your vision very significantly as the light rays entering the eye actually bend on the surface of the tear layer and not the cornea as one might imagine. If the tears are unstable, then the vision is less crisp.

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Benefits

Relief from gritty, scratchy eyes

Reduced eye fatigue

Reduced redness

Candidates

Patients with gritty, scratchy and red eyes

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Please be advised that you are not expected to diagnose yourself or be familiar with all of the information below. Please feel free to book a consultation for a professional opinion.

Sometimes Meibomian gland expression is also required to ensure that the glands in the lid are open and are allowing the Omega 3 oils to get into the tear film. The 3 videos adjacent show how to do warm compresses and how to do Meibomian Gland expression

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Treating Dry Eye

How To Perform A Warm Compress

Meibomian Gland Expression

How to do Meibomian Gland Expression to help unblock Meibomian Glands

Eye Bag

Eye Bag warm compresses

Mibo ThermoFlow professional

Lid therapy at a more professional level

DRY EYE DISEASE AND MANAGEMENT AT THE WELLINGTON EYE CLINIC

For a short succinct summary of the condition and the treatment options available at the Wellington Eye Clinic compiled by our clinical staff, please click on the following link